Centering marker for full fashioned hosiery



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' CENTERING MARKER FOR FULL FASHIONED HOSIERY Filed May 25. 1931 ITE-a-5 F21. fin

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' i atented Sept. 20, 1932 PATENT QFHQE JOSEPH LALRGMAN, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CENTEBIN G MAB/KER FOR FULL FASHIONED HOSIERY Application filed May 26,1931. Serial No. 540,161.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in theart of hosieryand more particularly to full fashioned stockings for women, the primaryobject of the invention being to provide means in or on the stocking asa marker so that when the stocking is applied to the leg, the seam inthe rear thereof may be centered with respect to the leg of the wearer.

A further object of the invention resides in knitting into the welt ofthe stocking a marking means which will in no sense appear objectionableto the appearance of the stocking but which may be readily observed 5when applying the stocking so that the rear.

seam may be centered on the leg of the wearer with no difiiculty.

Still another object of the invention resides in providing a markingmeans of the I character mentioned in a position to designate the placewhere the supporter may be engaged and which will automatically enablethe seam of the stocking to be centered with respect the leg of thewearer.

A still further object of the invention resides in knitting into thewelt of the stocking a pair of spaced strips which are located in thefront of the stocking so that when the supporter is engaged with thewelt of the stocking between said strips, the wearer will know that theseam in the rear of the stocking is centered with respect to the leg.

A further object resides in providing a stocking with a marking means asabove referred to which may be produced at no increase in the cost ofmanufacture and which will prove efficient and useful in practice.

ll ith these and numerous other objects in view, my invention consistsin the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly set forthin the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stocking constructed in accordancewith my invention Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevation thereofenlarged showing the marking and its relation to the rear seam of thestocking;

illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

It is a well known fact that difficulty is encountered by women wearingfull fashioned hosiery orin wearing circular knit hosiery with mockseams in centering the seams in the rear of the legs, due to the factthat said stockings are not properly applied to the legs or that thesupporters are improperly engaged with the stockings or that through theswishing of the dresses the stockings become twisted on the legs. Byproviding some form of marking means on or within the welt of thestocking, the supporters may be engaged with the welt of the stocking insuch a manner as to center the rear seam of the stockin and thus assurethe wearer that said stocklng is properly applied. It is mostdistasteful to women to observe the seams of stockings positionedirregularly and some effort and embarrassment is encountered instraightening the same while worn. My invent-ion contemplates theprovision of means at the welt of the stocking as a marker so that thewearer may engage the supporter with the stocking in a manner which willassure the centering of the rear seam on the leg and knowing theposition where this engagement takes place and the position of themarker at a definite place on the leg, the centering of the seam in therear of the leg is assured at all times.

In carrying out my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which the numeral 1 designates the leg portionof a stocking to which is knitted the welt 2 and the rear seam of thestocking is designated by the numeral 3. In knitting the welt of thestocking, there is thrown in at a predetermined point an extra thread atpoints equidistant from the center. This thread is woven into the welt 2for one-half the length thereof so as to produce a pair of spacedparallel strips or the like 4, as clearly shown in Figures 1, 2 and 5 ofthe drawing. These strips 4 are spaced at reasonable distance apart andeach strip is rather narrow to produce substantially a line in the fronthalf of the welt of the stocking, as clearly shown in Figure 5. lVhenthe stocking is applied to the leg of the wearer, the two strips 4 actas guide markers, it being understood that they are on each side of thecenter of the stocking so that they may be brought to the center of theleg above the knee, the latter passing through the spacebetween thelines when the stocking is applied. IVhen so positioned, the supportermay be engaged in the space between the two marker lines 4, thesupporter presumably dropping down the center of the leg of the wearer,and the latter then knows that the rear seam (3 is centered on the leg.These marker lines act as'a means for guiding the stocking in positionwhen being applied to the leg and act as a guide for the engagement ofthe supporter with a definite place on the welt of the stocking.

This extra thread which is thrown into the machine while knitting thewelt to produce the lines or strips 4 may be of the same material asthat of which the welt is being knitted or of any other material desiredand it may be the same color or a contrastingcolor, as may be desired.This extra thread which forms this strip is preferably of no heavierweight than the thread used for knitting the welt as it is not desiredto produce any rein forcement in the welt but merely to produce a slightmarking therein to act as a guide for engagement with the supporter andfor the positioning of the seam. This extra thread knitted in the weltwill not affect the weight of the stocking nor will it affect theelasticity thereof.

In Figure 3, I have shown a slightly modified form of the inventionwherein the two strips or lines which are herein now designated by thenumeral 5 tend to converge toward their lower ends. Whereas the stripsdesign and otherwise the forms are all the same.

From the foregoing description of the construction of my improvedmarking means, the method of applying the same to use in the stockingand the application to use in practice will be readily understood and itwill be seen that 'I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eflicientmeans for carrying out the objects of the invention.

While I have particularly described the elements best adapted to performthe functions set forth, it is obvious that various changesin form,proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the principles ofthe invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a stocking provided with a seam extending longitudinally of therear thereof, a marker means at the frontal top portion of said stockingcomprising a pair of longi- 'tudinally extending indicia defining a linealong the front central portion of the stocking, said indicia convergingat their lower ends toward a point on the line defined aforesaid, as andfor the purposes described.

2. In a stocking provided with a seam eX- tending longitudinally of therear thereof, marker means at the frontal top portion of said stockingcomprising a pair of longitudinally extending strips knitted in thefabric and defining a line along the front or lines 4 in the firstmentioned form are parallel, these strips or lines 5 in the modifiedform tend to converge. There is a slight space between the lower endsthereof at the lower edge of the welt.

In Figure 4, I have shown a still further modified form of the inventionwherein the two guide strips or lines which are here designated by thenumeral 6 combine the designs of both forms shown in Figures 2 and 3, to

. the end that these lines or markers are parallel for the greaterportion of their length and near the ends thereof, said lines or stripsare brought or directed inwardly toward one another tending to convergetoward their lower ends. This is merely a difference in central portionof said stocking, said knitted-in strips converging at their lower endstoward a point on the line defined aforesaid, as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature. JOSEPH LARGMAN.

